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Kevin Coates

@KevinCoates

@KevinCoates at http://bsky.social and http://mastodon.social Competition lawyer PhD candidate at @KCL_Law Lawyer @CovingtonLLP ex @EU_Competition All views personal

Also worth noting that NCAs may have jurisdiction under Towercast if there’s pre-existing dominance. (Returning to the bluer place now.)

.@vestager responds to the court defeat in Illumina/Grail today. She notes: - EC will continue to accept Art 22 referrals (when NCAs have jurisdiction) - Some NCAs have in the meantime developed call-in powers & so great chances to review such deals ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…



The whole tax debate needs reframing. He’s trying to take 4bn away from schools, hospitals, the emergency services. Talking about “tax” without talking about services the government provides distorts the debate.

Britain's richest man, Brexiter Sir Jim Ratcliffe, moved to Monaco to save £4bn in tax. So much for the patriotism of the Brexiters.

nickreeves9876's tweet image. Britain's richest man, Brexiter Sir Jim Ratcliffe, moved to Monaco to save £4bn in tax. So much for the patriotism of the Brexiters.


Kevin Coates reposted

First (but definitely not last!) piece I co-author with my @UofGLaw colleague @davidmreader. "Taking aim at innovation-crushing mergers: a killer instinct unleashed?" now available in early access in Yearbook of European Law.

New article | @MagaliEben and I take stock of recent developments in the EU's enforcement efforts against killer acquisitions, incl. a primer on innovation harms + #merger control, and jurisdictional changes under the EUMR, DMA + TFEU (via @OxfordJournals) doi.org/10.1093/yel/ye…



I have a couple more codes. Let me know.

Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.



A couple of codes left.

Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.



Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.


Kevin Coates reposted

The publisher has announced my forthcoming book, Tech Monopoly -- and priced reasonably. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757497/t…


One left. Mutuals only please.

I have three Bluesky invite codes. DM me if you want one.



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I have three Bluesky invite codes. DM me if you want one.


Given that the far left and far right were both pro-Brexit, this is a very bad take.

Vg by @MatthewdAncona, although a centrist is by definition a moderate Brexiter



- It's not just for smartphones but portable devices. - There are pros and cons. - Some devices still come with integrated cable chargers. - Trying to make a point based on the semantics of cables v chargers is pretty weak sauce.

The most baffling thing about the EU rulings mandating USB-C chargers for smartphones is the claim that it will stop people buying new chargers Yet these days everyone just gets *cables* not chargers, because all the cords work with USB wall plugs Modularity >> Standards

disruptivedean's tweet image. The most baffling thing about the EU rulings mandating USB-C chargers for smartphones is the claim that it will stop people buying new chargers

Yet these days everyone just gets *cables* not chargers, because all the cords work with USB wall plugs 

Modularity >> Standards


Kevin Coates reposted

Amidst all the confected outrage, a key point seems to have got lost: McDonald told colleagues how he had voted as a reminder "that their personal feelings were beside the professional point". This was an *assertion" of civil service impartiality, not a breach of it.


I suspect the issue is that the crystallisation of “law and economics” in case precedent, particularly in the US but also in the EU, doesn’t reflect the work of these scholars.

But it's not "the" law and economics discipline, just one small and declining fragment of it. Many progressive and more interventionist scholars also do law and economics today. Including PhD economists in both econ departments and law schools.



This is a mind-numbingly bad statistic.

Sadiq Khan expanded ULEZ to outer London last month. The aim is to improve air quality - and in turn, Londoners’ health. @FactCheck analysis shows the expansion will add just 13 minutes to the average Londoner’s life expectancy this year. channel4.com/news/factcheck…



So not news to many people, but @SBarrettBar really doesn’t like it when you point out that he’s got the law wrong.

KevinCoates's tweet image. So not news to many people, but @SBarrettBar really doesn’t like it when you point out that he’s got the law wrong.

Brussels sky looking pretty good tonight.

KevinCoates's tweet image. Brussels sky looking pretty good tonight.

Kevin Coates reposted

We tax them more with “student loans”, put property out of their reach, denied them the chance to live and work across Europe, whatever will we do to do in the youth vote back? Ah, yes CONSCRIPTION

👥 We have a major crisis among Britain’s young generation: they’re unhappy, unskilled and unmoored. It’s time to look at what a new Great British National Service would look like to reengage them with society. Latest column for @theipaper inews.co.uk/opinion/younge…



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